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VerifyHostKeyDNS not working, fix does exist in version 246

Asked by Daniel von Obernitz

Hi,

in Ubuntu 20.04 there is a bug concerning VerfiyHostKeyDNS, that prevents automatic key validation.
The bug is already reported and solved by the systemd developers.

https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/16072

but only for version 246. Ubuntu 20.04 still uses 245. Will there be an update to 246 soon?

Best regards
Daniel

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#1

Manfred Hampl suggests this article as an answer to your question:
FAQ #3037: “no rolling release”.

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#2

You cannot expect that Ubuntu will upgrade a critical system function like systemd from 245 to 246 in an already-published LTS release.
Standard procedure would be to cherrypick the related patch and apply it to the current version.

I suggest that you create a bug report, specifying what's wrong in the current version, and which change has to be applied to correct it. See the SRU template (follow the links in the FAQ).

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Daniel von Obernitz (itzonban) said : 		#3

Thanks for your answer...
I didn't expect anything, I was just asking for a way to solve this issue, especially for an LTS version.

But since there won't be version changes as you described I will create a bug report for the related patch.